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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1932
Page
4
A cow on the Samu Ross farm kicked a lantern causing a blaze that engulfed a near new barn, with losses near twenty thousand dollars and partial insurance coverage. Also notes ad about restaurant turkey dinner, deaths, local sales and a sudden Erie fireman Captain Gleeson.
A dense clipping shows sales like large cocoanuts three for 25 cents and Premier tomato cats 10 cents, plus a stream of local items: a parish hall meeting for the Lillian Guild and officer elections, auto mishap injuring John Steiner and a second car strike. city salaries cut by 10 percent under Mayor Roberts. election talk around Joseph Rogan's chairmanship. funeral notices for Rosa Lay and Blanche Consla. New Year greetings and social notes. local crime and jail notes. a Phoenix Restaurant turkey dinner offer. youth lamp pranks in Titusville. births at Corry hospital. weather remarks and old-timer reminiscence on past winters. Grove City fire chief’s long tenure.
In saddened memory of Arza Dennison who left this life January 8 1941. Silently evening shadows gather at our door and bring faces I shall see no more. O the lost and forgotten though the world forgets, in our hearts they remain. His wife and children.
A 15 year old boy was arrested on juvenile delinquency charges after police recovered a stolen typewriter from the Dhadakon river near Houssins avenue. Patrolman James O’Brien and Detective Arthur Duh led a New Year’s Day recovery, with the weapon found using grappling hooks. The typewriter had been stolen last Tuesday from Rev. Louisa B. Arlamen’s home. the youth admitted breaking in with a window ledge key and attempting to sell the machine before discarding it. Weather outlook predicts rain in the middle Atlantic, mixed precipitation in northern Atlantic states, and colder temperatures late week.
A professor states that snoring cannot reveal the snorer’s sex. In a sleepy sleeper, sounds are generally from a human snorer, not a hippopotamus. The Detroit News notes the opposite often seems more probable in a wider context.
Sixty one couples attended the Masonic Temple New Year dance hosted by the entertainment committee. Sherrick's Troubadours played 1:30 to 1:30, with novelty numbers and party favors amid festive decor. Intermission offered sandwiches pie and coffee while the general planning group included Elston Hillbury Stows Brown Fogle Davis Haight Fehlman and King.
The list shows closing movements for key companies across sectors. Prominent names include American Smelting, Anaconda, International Nickel, Motors Chrysler Continental Motors General Motors and Packard. Utilities and energy firms such as Atlantic Refining Ohio Valley, Texaco, and Pittsburgh Plate Glass are noted alongside railroads like New York Central and Pennsylvania RR. The compilation reflects broad market activity and sector leaders.
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